Tom: Bm
Bm Em
Our little army boy
F#m A
Is coming home from b.f.p.o.
Bm Em
I've a bunch of purple flowers
F#m A
To decorate a mammys hero.
Bm Em
Mourning in the aerodrome,
F#m A
The weather warmer, he is colder.
Bm Em
Four men in uniform
F#m A
To carry home my little soldier.
[Chorus 1]
Bm
What could he do?
E D
Should have been a rock star.
F#m Bm
But he didnt have the money for a guitar
Bm
What could he do?
E D
Should have been a politician.
F#m Bm
But he never had a proper education.
Bm
What could he do?
E D
Should have been a father.
F#m Bm
But he never even made it to his twenties.
D
What a waste --
G Bm
Army dreamers.
G D/F#
Ooh, what a waste of
G Bm G
Army dreamers.
[Verse 2]
Bm Em
Tears oer a tin box.
F#m A
Oh, jesus christ, he wasnt to know,
Bm Em
Like a chicken with a fox,
F#m A
He couldnt win the war with ego.
Bm Em
Give the kid the pick of pips,
F#m A
And give him all your stripes and ribbons.
Bm Em
Now hes sitting in his hole,
F#m A
He might as well have buttons and bows.
[Chorus 2]
Bm
What could he do?
E D
Should have been a rock star.
F#m Bm
But he didnt have the money for a guitar
Bm
What could he do?
E D
Should have been a politician.
F#m Bm
But he never had a proper education.
Bm
What could he do?
E D
Should have been a father.
F#m Bm
But he never even made it to his twenties.
D
What a waste --
G Bm
Army dreamers.
G D/F#
Ooh, what a waste of
G Bm G
Army dreamers.
G D/F#
Ooh, what a waste of
G Bm
Army dreamers.
G Bm
Army dreamers.
G Bm G Bsus2
Army dreamers Ooh
[Outro]
Bm Em F#m A (Repeat and fade)
E|----------------------------------------------|
The guitar part is played using a classical fingerstyle approach.
Below are the tabs used for each chord.
Bm Em F#m A E D G D/F# Bsus2
e|E|----------------------------------------------|-------------------2---|
B|---3-3-----0-0-----2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----3-3-----0-0-----3-3---2---|
G|---4-4-----0-0-----2-2-----2-2-----1-1-----2-2-----0-0-----2-2---4---|
D|-----------------------------------------0-----------------------4---|
A|-2-----------------------0---------------------------------------2---|
E|---------0-------2---------------0---------------3-------2-----------|
